Undergarment.



S. HOLSTEIN.

UNDEBGARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 5, 1913.

Patented July 21, 1914.4

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Tofll whom it may concern:

UNirED vSTATES PATENT oE-EioE sAi/LEL HOLSTEIN, 0E NEW YORK, N. Y. y

Be it known that I, SAMUEL HOLSTEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Undergarments; and I do declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an attachment for shirts and is designed to be used on either outer or under garments of this character.

The object of the invention is to provide a tailless shirt with a legless drawer attachment so constructed as to prevent the -shirt from working upwardly out of the equipped with this improved attachment;

F ig. 2 is a similar view of the parts forming the attachment separated and arranged in juxtaposition; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. l. j

In the embodiment illustrated, a tailless shirt 1 is shown constructed similarly to the ordinary blouse shirt waist and having this improved drawer attachment 2 secured to the lower edge of the rear portion thereof. This attachment may be either permanently or removably secured to the shirt preferably the latter and by any suitable means.

The attachment as shown comprises two pieces of fabric 3 and 4 which may be either woven or knit having `their inner edges 5 which are designed to be stitched together curved inwardly from the ends of each strip toward the center thereof so that when said members 3 and 4 have been joined together at their inner edges they will form a legless drawer which will comfortably fit the crotch of the wearer, the lower folded edge 6 thereof being inclined from the center toward the edges of the attachment as is shown UNDEEsARi/rENr.

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Patented July 21, i914.l

Application led August 5, 1913. lSerial No. 783,222.

clearlyin Fig. 4l.y jThe ends of these connected pieces 3 and 4 beingl wider than their central portionsl afford ample protection to the wearer and are preferably provided. at their upper outer corners with inclined flaps 7' and 8 havingy coperating fasteningele-` ments for, securing the garment together over the hips. The free ends of the front portion of the connected members 3 and 4 are also provided with button holes or other fastening devices for coperation with corresponding fastening elements carried by the front of the shirt, whereby said drawer attachment is detachably connected at the front portion thereof with the front portion of the shirt to provide for the quick removal of the garment when desired.

A longitudinal slit 9 is preferably formed in the front portion of the drawer attachment and is preferably closed by a suitable fastening such as a button and button hole the purpose of which will be obvious. The ends of this drawer attachment may be provided with longitudinally spaced fastening elements to provide for the adjustment of the device to comfortably fit wearers of different sizes.

In the use of the device, the rear portion thereof being secured to the back of the shirt, the shirt may be applied in the ordithe front of the shirt in position to copervate with the fastening elements on the attachment. The fastening elements at the hip may then be secured and the garment will then be in operative position. The corners of the connected members 3 and 4 are preferably inclined in relation to the outer side edges thereof to provide for theproperfitting of the flaps 7 and 8 over the hipsof the wearer.

By curving the inner edges of the strips 8 and 4 inwardly as shown, it will be obvious that when these curved edges are stitched together and the attachmentv folded transversely intermediate of its ends, the fold thereof will incline downwardly and outwardly from said central seam toward the necessity of forming any seam at this point in the garment which would be objectionable, in that it would be' liable to chate aty this point.

While I have described my invention with more or less mlnuteness as regards details and as being embodied in certain precise forms, I do not desire to be limited thereto unduly any more than is pointed out in the claims. On the Contrary, I contemplate all proper changes in form, construction and arrangement, the omission of immaterial elements and substitution of equivalents as circumstances may suggest or render expedient.

What is claimed as new is l. A drawer attachment for shirts composed of two strips of material having` their inner edges curved inwardly from their opposite ends toward the centers of the strips,

my hand in presence of two subscribing' witi nesses.

SAMUEL HOLSTEIN. Witnesses:

CHARLES O. DAVIS, FRANK L. I-IALLis.

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Washington, D. C. 

